"Something I Can Never Have"

Now that I have DSL I was looking around the nin.com website and saw some live rehearsal footage for “Something I can Never Have” with Trent on piano and I think Chris on acoustic guitar. I was once again reminded about how powerful of a song this is, and so how much more raw, stripped of all other instruments.

Link: http://www.nin.com/visuals/index.html scroll down

Lyrics By Trent Reznor

I still recall the taste of your tears.
Echoing your voice just like the ringing in my ears.
My favorite dreams of you still wash ashore.
Scraping through my head 'till I don't want to sleep anymore.

[Chorus:]
Come on tell me.
You make this all go away.
You make this all go away.
I'm down to just one thing.
And I'm starting to scare myself.
You make this all go way.
You make this all go way.
I just want something.
I just want something I can never have

You always were the one to show me how
Back then I couldn't do the things that I can do now.
This thing is slowly taking me apart.
Grey would be the color if I had a heart.
Come on tell me

[Chorus]

In this place it seems like such a shame.
Though it all looks different now,
I know it's still the same
Everywhere I look you're all I see.
Just a fading fucking reminder of who I used to be.

[Chorus]

I just want something.
I just want something I can never have
I just want something I can never have